Teachers told to give up cards

Statesman News Service

MALDA, Nov. 10: Following the instruction of the director of school education, the district inspector of schools (secondary) in Malda has recently asked all newly appointed school and madrassa teachers to ‘surrender’ their employment exchange card soon to his office.

This order aims to erase their names from the register of employment exchange and to reduce the number of registered unemployment in the state.

In the order of the district inspector of schools, it was stated that if teachers appointed in the school, following the recommendation of the school service commission, did not submit their employment exchange cards, the district inspector of schools would not approve their appointment in schools. Following the order more than 50 teachers have already submitted their employment exchange cards to the office of the DI to get approval of their appointment in schools. It may be noted that the director of employment, Mr SK Bhattacharya, had requested the commissioner of school education on 16 November, 2006 to send employment exchange identity cards of the candidates who have joined and would join as assistant teachers in the non-government and government aided educational institutions.

The director of school education had forwarded the letter of the director of employment to all district inspectors of schools on 19 February, 2007.

The district inspector of schools in Malda Mr Chinmay Sakrar said: “Another order would be issued to teachers who are working in schools since 1998 following the recommendation of the SSC and they would be asked to surrender their employment exchange card at the time of submission of their ‘salary bill’ to the office of the DI”. “If they do not submit their employment exchange card their salaries must be held up,” he added. From 1998 to 2005, a total of 64,503 teachers were appointed in secondary school and madrassa following recommendation of SSC.